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• Greg Tingey commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  Matt S @ 1266 Also a lot of people voted as a "Protest" ( Stuff the lot of them, I'm voting "leave"! ) without realising that IT REALLY MATTERED - the inverse/reverse of the "politicians taking a serious long-term decision", referred to by Troutwaxer @ 1257! gasdive @ 1288 In other words, one of many partial solutions, almost all of which need acting upon, to a greater or lesser degree. Won't argue with that. Brexit D Tusk has suggested a YEAR extension, simply because everyone is running out of time. Obvious sub-plot is that the longer it is delayed, the...
• Kliment commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  Tusk has PROPOSED a year's extension, terminated automatically if WA passes, contingent on a) UK holding EU elections, b) UK asking for such an extension and c) MS agreeing to this plan. If the WA passes during that period the EU would hold a bunch of byelections to replace the UK MEPs....
• Kliment commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  And May has requested an extension until end of June, which has already been rejected by the euco once, and is not enough time to do anything useful. On the plus side, she's also committed to holding EU elections, as long as she reserves the right to cancel them ONE DAY BEFORE THEY HAPPEN....
• WaveyDavey commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  Ouch. Thirty quid is a bit beyond me for something that looks like it might be fun....
• Charlie Stross commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  This thread has gotten cumbersome and is bogging my server down, so please feel free to continue the discussion here....